On Dec 19, 2003, at 2:26 PM, John Griffin wrote: > I found that Apple in its infinite wisdom has decided that any > archives that > System Update downloads and installs is to be trashed, even if it was > not > successfully installed. > > Great move, Apple!!! I wonder who the genius is who thought that one > up. > > Anyhow, I found it in .tar format lodged in a the bottom of a pile of > arcanely titled folders in my emptied trash (dumpster diving anyone?) > I just > Undeleted it and had Expander do its thing and I was able to install it > successfully. Is there any trace of it in /Library/Packages? That's where things download to. I'm not sure if they stay put after a failed installation, though, but I know they get deleted after a successful one. -- Justin R. Miller incanus at codesorcery.net PGP key at http://codesorcery.net/pubkey.html